High-Tech PR Pro to Open Local Professional Services Practice; Everett Tackett, APR, Brings Communications Design to High-Tech Enterprises.PHOENIX -- To address the communications needs of growing high-tech enterprises, Everett Tackett, APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate , has launched Tackett Communications, a professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. practice that specializes in detailed planning and hands-on delivery of programs designed to increase organizational effectiveness and improve competitive position. Tackett Communications uses a series of proven tools and techniques to provide organizations with effective communications plans to address significant issues and leverage potential opportunities. The firm couples its planning expertise with expert-level writing to assist technology companies in connecting and engaging with the constituencies critical to organizational success. Before launching Tackett Communications, Tackett was the director of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for ON Semiconductor, a leading supplier of power-management semiconductor devices. In this position, he managed the corporate communications, media relations and employee communications functions for a $1.3 billion enterprise with more than 10,000 employees worldwide. Leading up to his experience at ON Semiconductor, Tackett was the manager of media relations and issues management for Motorola Systems Solutions Group (now General Dynamic Decision Systems) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Before relocating to Arizona, Tackett worked as a public relations manager at Cisco Systems in San Jose, Calif. Tackett started his public relations career in the U.S. Army where he commanded a Public Affairs Detachment (PAD) and served as the media relations officer for Fort Lewis, Wash. During his 11-year career in the U.S. Army, Tackett performed a tour of duty on the Korean Demilitarized Zone For Panmunjom or Joint Security Area, see Joint Security Area. The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. (DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) A middle ground between an organization's trusted internal network and an untrusted, external network such as the Internet. Also called a "perimeter network," the DMZ is a subnetwork (subnet) that may sit between firewalls or off one leg of a ), commanded a target acquisition detachment in the 101st Airborne Division and a combat dive detachment in the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). Tackett earned his bachelor's degree in English from Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois. Institution Eastern Illinois University has approximately 10,000 undergraduates, 1,700 graduate students, and 2,000 faculty and staff. Admission is selective. and his master's degree in journalism from Marshall University. He is a graduate of the Defense Information School and currently is a member of the board of the Chandler Cultural Foundation. He currently is a member of the board of directors and the chairman for the Accreditation Committee in the Phoenix Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), based in New York City, is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. The organization has more than 30,000 professional and student members, and is organized into 112 chapters nationwide. (PRSA PRSA Public Relations Society of America PRSA Personal Retirement Savings Account PRSA Puerto Rican Student Association PRSA Puerto Rican Studies Association PRSA Park and Recreation Service Area PRSA President of the Royal Scottish Academy ). About Tackett Communications Tackett Communications provides communications planning and hands-on delivery of high-impact communications activities to drive organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage for high-technology enterprises. With its headquarters established in Chandler, Ariz., the firm projects its expertise into the Phoenix metropolitan area and the southwestern United States. For more information on Tackett Communications, please visit its Web site at http://www.etackett.com. |
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